Matcha green tea is widely accepted as a weight loss remedy because it can help you regulate your appetite and reduce mindless snacking. It has so many more health benefits of matcha tea that I cannot imagine why everyone wouldn’t want to drink it!

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Drinking Matcha for Weight Loss

Because matcha is made from whole leaves that have been finely ground, you are actually ingesting the entire leaf. This means you’re getting more nutrients than if you simply steeped the leaves – as you do with regular tea – before discarding the leaves. Therefore matcha may provide even more health benefits than regular tea. And while the levels of catechins in matcha are lower than in traditional green tea due to the shading of leaves, they are still there in abundance. Plus, levels of other nutrients are higher, such as l-theanine, which produces a relaxed alertness (unlike the sometimes-jittery buzz of coffee).

People have found that they can lose weight with Matcha green tea with just one cup a day! Especially when they add a drop (or two) of hunger curbing and blood sugar balancing essential oils like peppermint and cinnamon!

The antioxidant epigallocatechin gallate, more commonly known as ECGC, can also help boost metabolism, making it more likely that you’ll tone up and slim down, especially if you are also exercising and eating a healthy diet at the same time. Note these benefits accrue to the green tea itself, not the green tea flavor … avoid sugary green tea snacks and anything made with extract or fake flavoring.

Unlike some other supposed health foods, matcha and green tea are safe for practically everyone. Note that this is not the same as green tea supplements, which contain higher doses of all the substances in green tea, and may not be safe for “pregnant or breastfeeding women, those with heart problems or high blood pressure, kidney or liver problems, stomach ulcers, or anxiety disorders,” explains Medical News Today.

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